In his new work “Litanei” Beat Furrer condenses verses by Ingeborg Bachmann creating an intense sonic space oscillating between wordlessness, the search for language and a cry.

“Memory is something sacred”, wrote Thomas Daniel Schlee in a work commentary. “In order to keep it alive, humanity has invented ritual, has invented repetition imbued with deep meaning, for in memory, knowledge transcends the confines of time.” He was a composer whose multifaceted body of work was characterised not only by masterly musical development and a sensuousness of sound, but was also always contained within an intellectual framework which stretched far beyond purely technical-musical thinking. “Thomas Daniel Schlee is an open spirit and a cultured man. He loves music passionately”, is how his teacher Olivier Messiaen summed him up: “He is an outstanding organist and an extremely gifted composer. His works reflect a high intellectual striving and a true originality with regard to their ‘écriture’ and sound colours.”

Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini has been invited by the Bremer Philharmoniker to write a work for their 200th anniversary. It addresses the earthly in the sense of an approach to human life here.

With her new orchestral piece, Ľubica Čekovská recalls the playful consciousness of our childhood. The first performance takes place in Houston at the end of November.

On the 80th anniversary of liberation from National Socialism, Bärenreiter Praha is publishing the performance material of two works by Miloslav Kabeláč which are still highly topical. 

The desire to regain the voice of his mother is the motive for an American soldier to murder three women. Miroslav Srnka has made a fascinating opera from this. “Voice Killer” receives its premiere in June 2025 at MusikTheater an der Wien.

After composing several works for piano solo, piano and ensemble and a piano concerto, Beat Furrer continues his interaction with the instrument and has composed a second piano concerto. This will be premiered in September in Geneva.